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Irish Independent
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
League of Ireland: Only four teams in action on quiet night in Premier Division
Live | There's a lighter programme than normal with only two League of Ireland Premier Division fixtures up for decision as the sides playing in Europe get a night off. You can follow all the action as it unfolds here. League of Ireland fixtures (All kick-offs 7.45pm) Premier Division Bohemians v Galway United Waterford v Cork City First Division Bray Wanderers v Dundalk Treaty United v Cobh Ramblers UCD v Finn Harps Wexford FC v Athlone Town one minute ago WATCH: Bohs gaffer Alan Reynolds speaking to LOI TV before the game League of Ireland on Twitter / X Alan Reynolds expects a tough battle when his side take on Galway tonight. League of Ireland (@LeagueofIreland) July 11, 2025 3 minutes ago League of Ireland club Bohemians have been strongly criticised as former employee receives €26k payout: 'A sham redundancy carried out in a ruthless and dishonest manner' – WRC finds in favour of Dave Henderson as Bohemians apologise Bohemians have been ordered to pay former staff member Dave Henderson the maximum amount of compensation, €26,000, based on a ruling by the Workplace Relations Commission found in his favour after he took a case for unfair dismissal. 7 minutes ago Our national broadcaster has been stung by recent criticism from Eamonn Sweeney and it comes as no surprise that Declan McBennett is keen to launch a stern defence - Conor McKeon takes this story: 'What I can't take is this sense that we couldn't be arsed to go to a game' – RTÉ's head of sport defends their coverage 'Well, apart from medicine, irrigation, health, roads, cheese and education, baths and the Circus Maximus, what have the Romans ever done for us?' 11 minutes ago A crowd of 26,580 turned out to see Celtic clinch a 2-1 win over Cork City on Tuesday, but a full-time pitch invasion cancelled trophy lifting at Pairc Ui Chaoimh: 14 minutes ago Some pre-match watching for you all – Dan McDonnell and Sean O'Connor preview tonight's round of League of Ireland action: LOI previews: Signs do not look good for Galway United as they head to Dalymount Park BOHEMIANS v GALWAY UNITED 18 minutes ago Good evening and welcome to another Irish Independent live blog covering Matchday 24 of the League of Ireland Premier Division. My name is Ultán Corcoran, and I will be keeping you up to speed with all the action it unfolds around the grounds. We only have two games kicking off at 7.45pm tonight as Bohemians host Galway United with coverage on LOI TV only. We will also have updates from Waterford vs Cork City from the RSC. Score updates will be provided for all four First Division games starting at 7.45pm too. Live Blog Software
The Irish Sun
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Dodgy boxes are costing League of Ireland clubs – piracy is robbing LOITV half of possible streaming revenue
ANYONE watching the Club World Cup — you can admit it, this is a safe space — on DAZN has seen the anti-piracy code regularly appear on screen. 2 LOITV is the League of Ireland's streaming platform Credit: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile 2 League of Ireland director Mark Scanlon Credit: Ben McShane/Sportsfile When the kleptomaniacs are stealing free-to-air content for the dodgy boxes, it just confirms that theft is normalised. An fire sticks in Ireland . And An internet poll comes with an asterisk about sampling, but when the FAI know the majority of LOITV subscribers are males between the ages of 21 and 35, it should be representative. Anecdotally, it also seems accurate. A few club officials have told me piracy is so widespread that on the rare occasions official streams crash, fans tweet them the illegal one. Read More on League of Ireland And all that is costing League of Ireland clubs money . Scanlon said LOITV took in €835,000 in revenue last year when all the evidence points to that being half what they could expect without dodgy boxes. And that means running a public service on a shoestring that puts the actual public service broadcaster to shame. LOITV shows 550 games a year with the vast majority being loss makers. Most read in Sport Scanlon's appearance before the Oireachtas Committee — he was in to lobby for LOITV to be exempt from the proposed streaming levy — gave us some details. While he avoided giving figures until he mentioned the total revenue, he happily spoke in percentages, which gave a greater understanding of LOITV. League of Ireland mascots compete in charity race in Naas And it made it clear the service is profitable, has plenty of room for growth and provides coverage that would be impossible otherwise. For instance, the big revenue stream is the Premier Division with 91 per cent of subscribers last year being fans of top-flight clubs. But 63 per cent of games on the platform are in the Men's First Division and Women's Premier Division, which account for just nine per cent of revenue. The men's top-tier clubs do earn slightly more from LOITV than the First Division and Women's Premier Division clubs, but it is all relatively small. That €835,000 revenue had to cover costs with 60 per cent going on production — Premier Division games are more expensive to produce as they have more cameras — and streaming. The remaining 40 per cent, around €334,000, goes to the clubs. The FAI takes nothing. Last year, those profits from streaming were around a third of the amount taken in from traditional broadcasters RTÉ, TG4 and Virgin Media. But sources indicate the figure continues to track upwards on the back of savings made by partnering with Premier Sports and increased subscription numbers. The FAI keep those figures secret for commercial reasons, but you can estimate based on the total revenue. And I understand subscriptions are around 30 per cent higher this year after the season pass price was lowered from €120 to €99 last year. There is room for growth with 80 per cent of viewers being in Ireland, with access remaining an area that is being pushed. This year saw the platform made available on more apps after complaints in the past, but it was suggested in Leinster House that being on common platforms like Sky could boost subscribers. But while the push is about legal avenues to watch LOITV, the elephant in the room remains the dodgy box.
Irish Times
08-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
‘Netflix levy' will raise costs for domestic streamers like GAA+ and LOITV, committee hears
Large multinational streaming platforms like Disney+ and Netflix should be taxed at a higher rate than domestic streamers if the Government introduces a content levy to fund indigenous television and film production, an Oireachtas committee heard on Tuesday. League of Ireland director Mark Scanlon told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Media that the so-called 'Netflix levy' would raise operating costs for the league's streaming site, LOITV. The site operates on a 'break-even basis' and all of the revenues from subscriptions are ploughed back into the participating clubs, he told committee members. 'So all the costs are being covered at this moment in time, production costs and then also costs [of hiring] commentators,' Mr Scanlon said. Any levy would impact our ability to deliver the service.' READ MORE Noel Quinn, head of marketing at the GAA and its streaming platform, GAA+, also told the committee that the levy would increase its production costs. He said the Coalition should give 'careful consideration' to how any levy is imposed with reference to the 'disparity of ethos and resourcing between indigenous self-perpetuating organisations like the GAA and global content behemoths'. The committee, which is currently scrutinising the Government's Broadcasting Amendment Bill, will hear from representatives of the RTÉ trade union group later on Tuesday evening. Worker representatives are expected to tell TDs and senators that they were not consulted before the broadcaster's recent decision to effectively close its religious affairs programming department and switch production to the private sector. More to follow ...
